Effect of opioid-free versus opioid-based strategies during multimodal anaesthesia on postoperative morphine consumption after bariatric surgery : a randomised double-blind clinical trial

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Background: The efficacy and safety of opioid-free anaesthesia during bariatric surgery remain debated, particularly when administering multimodal analgesia. As multimodal analgesia has become the standard of care in many centres, we aimed to determine if such a strategy coupled with either dexmedetomidine (opioid-free anaesthesia) or remifentanil with a morphine transition (opioid-based anaesthesia), would reduce postoperative morphine requirements and opioid-related adverse events.

Methods: In this prospective double-blind study, 172 class III obese patients having laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery were randomly allocated to receive either sevoflurane-dexmedetomidine anaesthesia with a continuous infusion of lidocaine and ketamine (opioid-free group) or sevoflurane-remifentanil anaesthesia with a morphine transition (opioid-based group). Both groups received at anaesthesia induction a bolus of magnesium, lidocaine, ketamine, paracetamol, diclofenac, and dexamethasone. The primary outcome was 24-h postoperative morphine consumption. Secondary outcomes included postoperative quality of recovery (QoR40), incidence of hypoxaemia, bradycardia, and postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV).

Results: Eighty-six patients were recruited in each group (predominantly women, 70% had obstructive sleep apnoea). There was no significant difference in postoperative morphine consumption (median [inter-quartile range]: 16 [13-26] vs 15 [10-24] mg, P=0.183). The QoR40 up to postoperative day 30 did not differ between groups, but PONV was less frequent in the opioid-free group (37% vs 59%, P=0.005). Hypoxaemia and bradycardia were not different between groups.

Conclusions: During bariatric surgery, a multimodal opioid-free anaesthesia technique did not decrease postoperative morphine consumption when compared with a multimodal opioid-based strategy. Quality of recovery did not differ between groups although the incidence of PONV was less in the opioid-free group.

Clinical trial registration: NCT05004519.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

BJA open - 9(2024) vom: 27. März, Seite 100263

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Clanet, Matthieu [VerfasserIn]
Touihri, Karim [VerfasserIn]
El Haddad, Celine [VerfasserIn]
Goldsztejn, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Himpens, Jacques [VerfasserIn]
Fils, Jean Francois [VerfasserIn]
Gricourt, Yann [VerfasserIn]
Van der Linden, Philippe [VerfasserIn]
Coeckelenbergh, Sean [VerfasserIn]
Joosten, Alexandre [VerfasserIn]
Dandrifosse, Anne-Catherine [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Dexmedetomidine
Enhanced recovery after surgery
Hypoxaemia
Journal Article
Nausea
Nociception
Pain
Remifentanil
Vomiting

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Date Revised 05.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT05004519

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.bjao.2024.100263

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369256824